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Gov. Code, § 85802 · Article 7. Additional Contribution Requirements

Gov. Code, § 85802

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the state to the Fair Political Practices Commission the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) annually above and beyond the appropriations established for the commission in the fiscal year immediately prior to the effective date of this act, adjusted for cost-of-living changes, for expenditures to support the operations of the commission pursuant to this act. If any provision of this act is successfully challenged, any attorney’s fees and costs shall be paid from the General Fund and the commission’s budget shall not be reduced accordingly.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added November 5, 1996, by initiative Proposition 208, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1997. Note: This section is not part of Article 7 (Sections 85700 to 85704).

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=85802.
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